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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

The UK Steers Toward a No-Deal Brexit in the Middle of the Pandemic

Taking Britain down for the fall with a thousands dying from virus and unemployment.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems to be planning to take his country out of the European Union at the end of the year, even without a deal. The Continent is trying to limit the damage, but it would spell disaster for the British.

Revealed: police unions spend millions to influence policy in biggest US cities

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Guardian analysis shows how organizations and officers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago work against reform

Police unions and officers active in America’s three largest cities spend tens of millions of dollars annually to influence law enforcement policy and thwart pushes for reform, a Guardian analysis of local, county, state and federal campaign finance records found.

Reform advocates say the spending partly explains why police unions have defeated most reform measures in recent years, even as high-profile police killings of unarmed black men sparked waves of public outrage including the current national demonstrations against racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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